Farmer-centric, community-based plant health management for small farmers
Pests and diseases cause significant crop losses and income to farmers. Timely diagnosis of the issue (including pest, disease and nutritional deficiencies) that hamper crop growth is necessary to minimise production losses. However, the existing agricultural extension systems do not have adequate capacity to extend farmer-centric plant health advisories.
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Coordination & Editing – Sangeetha Rajeesh
Contributing authors – Rajkumar, Sudhakar, Girija, Gopinath and Rengalakshmi
Editorial support – R Surya